[Congressional Bills 104th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[H. Res. 131 Introduced in House (IH)]







104th CONGRESS
  1st Session
H. RES. 131

To preserve the constitutional role of the House of Representatives to 
                      originate revenue measures.


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                    IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

                             April 5, 1995

 Mr. Deutsch submitted the following resolution; which was referred to 
                    the Committee on Ways and Means

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                               RESOLUTION


 
To preserve the constitutional role of the House of Representatives to 
                      originate revenue measures.

Whereas rule IX of the Rules of the House of Representatives provides that 
        questions of privilege shall arise whenever the rights of the House 
        collectively are affected;
Whereas, under the precedents, customs, and traditions of the House pursuant to 
        rule IX, a question of privilege has arisen in cases involving the 
        constitutional prerogatives of the House;
Whereas section 7 of Article I of the Constitution requires that revenue 
        measures originate in the House of Representatives; and
Whereas the conference report on the bill H.R. 831 contained a targeted tax 
        benefit which was not contained in the bill as passed the House of 
        Representatives and which was not contained in the amendment of the 
        Senate: Now, therefore, be it
    Resolved, That the Comptroller General of the United States shall 
prepare and transmit, within 7 days after the date of the adoption of 
this resolution, a report to the House of Representatives containing 
the opinion of the Comptroller General on whether the addition of a 
targeted tax benefit by the conferees to the conference report on the 
bill H.R. 831 (A bill to amend the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 to 
permanently extend the deduction for the health insurance costs of 
self-employed individuals, to repeal the provision permitting 
nonrecognition of gain on sales and exchanges effectuating policies of 
the Federal Communications Commission, and for other purposes) violates 
the requirement of the United States Constitution that all revenue 
measures originate in the House of Representatives.
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